Jan 21 Louis XVI, the King of France, is guillotined during the French revolution

Jan 19 French King Louis XVI sentenced to death

Jan 21 Prussia & Russia sign partition treaty (Poland divided)

Jan 21 Jan 21, King Louis the 16th of France is found guilty of treason and beheaded during the Revolution.

Jan 09 Jean-Pierre Blanchard makes the first successful balloon flight in the U.S. His hydrogen-filled balloon lifts off in Philadelphia, PA and lands 15 miles away in Woodbury, NJ.

Jan 09 Jean Pierre Blanchard makes first balloon flight in North America (Philadelphia)

Jan 09 Dutch Prince Willem V establishes 2 brigades Drive Artillery

Jan 19 King Louis XVI sentenced to death by the French Convention

Jan 23 2nd partition of Poland, between Prussia &Russia

Oct 28 Eli Whitney applies for a patent for his cotton gin (the patent is issued in March of 1794).

Oct 31 Execution of the Girondins at Paris, during the Reign of Terror

Oct 16 The Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, is found guilty of treason and executed by guillotine in Paris

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